The world building is very good, it’s well developed and very clear. I shouldn’t have been surprised really, though, should I? And guess what, we find ourselves reading yet another young adult book which includes a love triangle. I felt his characterisation was very weak, there was nothing about his personality that stood out and I found him very flat. One thing that needed more work was David. I thought Shay was great too, her characterisation was done very well. A lot of reviews I’ve read said they don’t like Tally at all, and I can see where they are coming from, but I really felt intrigued by all her internal conflicts and development. In terms of characters I really liked Tally as a main character and her character arc is excellent, we really see her change throughout the novel. This aspect of the novel was really refreshing. In many YA dystopia novels the protagonist hates the system and wants to get out of it, but here we have a protagonist who is desperate to turn pretty and thinks her friend is crazy for running away and wanting to stay ugly. I thought it was great that Westerfeld chose to narrate from the point of view of someone who believes in the system. But her friend, Shay, doesn’t want to turn pretty and runs away. In Tally’s world, everyone gets made pretty when they turn sixteen. So, yes, the premise intrigued me so I decided to find out what this was all about. Anyway, I will stop ranting and get onto the book. And who can blame us, really, when we’re having magazines shoved in our faces that are full of photographs of photoshopped models. We change our appearances – through makeup and even plastic surgery – to try and reach those expectations. Uglies deals with an issue I am very interested in/concerned about: expectations of how we should look. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever… The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn’t very pretty. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.īut Tally’s new friend Shay isn’t sure she wants to be pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. Not for her license – for turning pretty. Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia, Science-FictionĮverybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous.
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